Chapter 3

Cybersecurity Frameworks

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:

  • Understand the fundamentals and security objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (the CIA triad security model).

  • Discuss why organizations choose to adopt security frameworks.

  • Understand the intent of the ISO/IEC 27000 series of information security standards.

  • Outline the domains of an information security program.

  • Understand the intent of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework.

Our focus in this chapter on information security objectives and frameworks will answer many questions associated with the need to maintain secure data storage ...

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